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Sunday 23 August 2015

Cleanliness is next to Godliness

According to the report of the Swach Bharat programme started by the Govt. of India, the cities in the States of West Bengal and Karnataka are the cleanest in India, Mysore is adjudged the cleanest city in the country out of the list of 476 cities. Three other cities, Hassan, Mandya and Bangalore are among the top ten. West Bengal  is placed second with 25 of cities figuring among the top 100 cities. The last in the list is the town, Damoh in Madhya Pradesh. The other  towns/cities lower in the ladder are Bhind  in Madhya Pradesh and Palwal. Bhiwani(Haryana).  Chittaurgarh(Rajasthan) Bulandshar(U.P.), Rewari(Haryana), Neemuch(M.P.) Sambal(Odisha).
 The rankings were based on basis of open defecation and solid waste management practises.Among the big cities, Delhi,the Capital of the country was ranked 16th, much below Bangalore at 7th, Thiruvanthapuram at 8th and Gangtok at 10th.  Among the  other important cities the ranking is much below. Kolkata at 56th, Chennai 61st, Bhopal 106 th, Mumbai at 140th,Srinagar at 152nd. Lucknow 220th, Hyderabad 275th, Gandhinagar at 310th, Jaipur 370th and Patna 429th. In Gujarat Surat and Ahmedabad were comparatively well placed at 63rd and 79th respectively. The cities of tourist interest  like Shimla is ranked 90th, Darjeeling 129th and Tirupati 137th, Agra 145th, Srinagar 152nd, Dehra Dun 360 th, Ajmer 401st,Amritsar 430th were lagging behind in hygiene. 
All 476 cities, with a population of 100,000 were assessed for sanitation, open defacection and solid waste management .

This post may be of interest  to the people to know how Govt. conducts enquires and compiles statistics and how  criteria is fixed.


 










14 comments:

  1. Certainly, actions need to be implemented and awareness to be created among the people. There is a lack of clear cut strategy to put India at the forefront in the bid to emerge as the super economic power:)

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    1. True Vishal,it is essential that awareness must be aroused in the poblic that cleanliness is an integral part of planning for the future;

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  2. I am surprised to see Bangalore in the list. Having seen first hand the kind of garbage in the city, this is a shock. But what is even more worrying is the fact that other parts of the country may be worse :( Hope something is done about this soon and at a personal level.

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    1. The commitee which conducted this survey must have kept the guidelines in front of them.

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  3. Startling statistics! I am shocked to see Jaipur at 370th place!
    Hope the concerned departments and agencies along with citizens get their act together soon!

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    1. Yes Shilpa,some of the results are quite ridiculous.

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  4. I was very happy to see Bangalore ranked so high. Though the civic infrastructure can do with a big boost here.

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    1. Yes Rachna Kanataka has taken a lead. Mysore is first.

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  5. Interesting and thank you for sharing! Bangalore scores well? I am worried for other cities. Patna is a capital and at 400+? gosh! High time to think of cleanliness.

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  6. Very informative, thanks for sharing ma'am.

    I hope government takes some concrete steps to handle these issues.

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  7. Interesting n Informative Usha ji. Thanks. Good to know Mysore, Bangalore and Karnataka rank so high but scary to think of of how bad it must be in the ones that are far behind....One lives on hope and I am eternally hopeful for Bharat :)

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    1. Thanks Sunila.I hope the cities lagging behind will take steps to improve the situation.

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